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Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!; The

A Plan for Sand/Whale Music

A Plan for Sand:Nick and Sally are playing in their sandbox, but there's not enough room for them to build their castles. The Cat arrives to take them to the biggest sandbox they'll ever see! In the desert, they meet Carmela the Camel who teaches them about how camels are adapted to live in the dry, sandy climate.Educational Objective: Camels - how camels are perfectly adapted to life in a dry, sandy desert environment, by means of their humps, eyelashes and wide feet. Whale Music:Nick and Sally...[see more] have made a song to sing to their moms, but they can't get the ending quite right. The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet the best singing teacher in the world, Humphrey the Humpback Whale! While bobbing in the ocean, Humphrey teaches the kids that whales communicate by singing, and that it's not how you sing that matters, but what you're saying in the song. The kids return home to delight their mothers with their song!Educational Objective: Whales - whales communicate with one another by 'singing'. Also, they use their blow-holes to breathe, and can jump out of the water in a maneuver called 'breaching.'

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Show Me the Honey Sally and Nick have run out of honey! Luckily the Cat knows just where to go to get more. They visit Queen Priscilla Buzzoo who invites them to join in the bee dance to learn how to make honey.Educational Objective: Honey - how bees collect nectar to make honey and have a special dance to tell each other locations of the best flowers to collect nectar from.Migration VacationThe purple martin swallow that lives in Sally's backyard has gone missing! The Cat, with the help of a variety of forest creatures, help Nick and Sally track down the bird, and learn how and why birds migrate. Educational Objective: Migration - when cold winter temperatures cause a shortage of food, some birds fly great distances to warmer climates where food is more plentiful.